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...The yield on benchmark 10-year gilts rose to 4.06 per cent, up from 4.03 per cent before the numbers were released....
...Also moving on Tuesday morning was the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield, which rose to a peak of 4.4 per cent, its highest level since November....
...The pound fell 0.07 per cent to $1.2803 after official figures showed that average earnings excluding bonuses rose 6.1 per cent in the three months to January, slightly lower than the 6.2 per cent forecast...
...The probability of the first 0.25 percentage point cut being delivered by June rose from about 50 per cent to 60 per cent, with traders moving to price in three cuts by the end of the year....
...The market-implied probability of the first rate cut by June rose from under 60 per cent to 65 per cent, while sterling nudged down 0.12 per cent against the dollar to $1.2777....
...Badenoch did hold talks with Mary Ng, her Canadian counterpart, at a World Trade Organization conference in Abu Dhabi at the end of last month, but the discussions remain deadlocked....
...The S&P purchasing manager’s index, a measure of activity in the private sector, rose to 53.3 in February, up from 52.9 in January and the highest since May 2023....
...Markets’ rate-cut expectations have been shaken by data this week showing US inflation rose more than expected in March....
...Speculation also rose that Sweden’s Riksbank could cut interest rates as soon as May after the country reported lower than expected inflation on Friday....
...Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose 0.05 percentage points to 4.43 per cent....
...Tim Bale, professor at Queen Mary University of London and historian of the Conservative party, said: “The channel gives a voice to what might be called the hard right of the Conservative party and amplifies...
...A YouGov poll in February for the Mile End Institute at Queen Mary University of London gave Khan a 25-point lead over Hall, at 49 per cent to 24 per cent respectively....
...In a sign of higher investor activity, the number of outstanding gold futures contracts on Comex has jumped 30 per cent since February 28, while net long positions rose about 64,000 to 208,000 contracts...
...In seven weeks benchmark Treasury yields rose from 4.1 per cent to hit 5 per cent by late October, despite the Fed keeping interest rates steady over the period....
...Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose 0.05 percentage points to 4.43 per cent. “Ten-year yields are drifting higher....
...The core CPI rate, which excludes energy and food, rose 5.7 per cent in the 12 months to October, down from 6.1 per cent in September....
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